The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-08-25
sick down to Sacramento. That was
how she came to be there.

SICK down 70 sacramento. Anht was
how she came to be there"
Were the children under her carop"
mo. ma am; she was all alone, rs !
told you; but she took them under her
care from the very first. They had
their fathers and mothers along-three
of them had. at least and the other
two had their mother and nurse girl,
but somehow no one but the young lady
seemed to be able to do anything with
them. The poor little things were half
starved. you see, and there wasn't any
thing to amuse 'em in the dark car.
and one of them. who was sickly. fret
ted all day. and most all night and the
mother didn't seem to have no faculty
or no backbone about her; but when-
ever the young lady came round. that
sick young one and all the rest would
stop crying and seem just as clipper
as il it were Summertime outdoors and
the whole train full of candy.
Il don't see how she did it." he went
on. meditstively. thowing shovelful
of coal in at the furnace door. "Some
women is made that way. suppose.
As soon As we see how things were 60
ing. and how bad they was likely to be,
that girl kind of set herself to keep
along. She had q mighty gentle way
to keep along with her. too. You'd
never havS guessed that she was SO
plucky. Plucky! BY George. l never
saw anything like her pluck.
WAS she pretty?" asked Miss
Vaughn. urged by truly feminine curl
osity.
well. l don't know il you'd "a
called her so or not We don't think
much how she looked after the first
She was q slender-built girl. and her
face looked sort of kind and bright
both to me. Her voice was as soft
well, as soft as = voice can be. and 1t
kind Of sang when she felt happy. She
looked you straight in the eye when
she spoke. don't believe the worst
man that ever lived could have told
that girl q lie if it had been to save his
life. Her hair was brown. She was
different from girls in general. some
how"
II think we may say that she was
pretty" observed Miss Vaughn, with q
little smile.
Il amt so sure of that. There's
plenty of ladies come over the road
since that suppose folks would say
was better looking than she was. Blu,
l never see any face quite like hers.
1t was still. like q lake, and you seem
ed to feel as if there was depth to it
And the further you went down. the
sweeter it got. She never did any
rustling when she walked. She wasn't
that kind.
Another pause. which Miss Vaughn
was careful not to break.
Il don't know what them children
would a done without her," went on
the engineer, as if talking to himself.
Then, with sudden energy. Il don't
know what any of us would "a done
without her. The only trouble was
that she couldn't be everywhere al
once. There was a sick lady in the
drawing-room at the end of one of the
Pullmans. She had week lungs, and
was going out to California for her
health. Well. the cold and the snow
brought on hemorrhage. That was
the second day after we was blockaded.
There wasn't no doctor Oh board, and
her husband he was mighty scared.
He come through to the front car to
find the conductor. looking as pale as
a ghost. My wife's a-dying.' said he.
Amt there no medical man on the
TRAMP And when he said no, he just
gave a groan. Then she must die,
he said. Great heavens! why did ]
bring her on this fatal journey?'"
Perhaps the young lady'll have
some remedies, suggested one Of the
porters; for we'd all got into the way
already of turning to the young lady
whenever things were wrong.
well, l went for her. and you new
er see anyone so level headed as she
seemed to be. She knew just what to
do; and she had the right medicine in
her bag; and in less than an hour that
poor lady was quite comfortable, and
her husband the most relieved man
that ever was. Then the young lady
came along where was standing-there
wasn't nothing for me to do. but 1 was
waiting, for l didn't know but there
might be- and said she: Mr. Scott am
growing anxious about the fuel. Dc
you think there is plenty to last Sup
pose we were to be kept here week P
Nov just think of it /! not one of u.
dumb fools had thought of that. Yor
see we was expecting to be relieved
from hour to hour. for we had tele
graphed both ways. and the snow had
stopped by that time, and none of III
had any notion it was going to be thu
job it was to dig us out. Only thu
young lady had the sense to remember
that it might take longer than we was
calculated on.
"Says !. If we were kept here 8
week. there won't be shovel of Goa
left for any of the fires. let alone the
engine
"'Then don't yon think says she
in her soft voice, that it would be 9
wise plan to get all the passengers to-
gether in one car, and keep a good fire
up there, and let the other stoves 90
out? It's no matter if we are q little
crowded. says she.
"Well, of course it was the only
thing to do. as we see Mt once when il
was put into our heads. We took the
car the sick lady was in, SOS she'd mo-
have to be disturbed. and we made NJ
beds for the children. and somehow al
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